Editor's Note: The following article was written by Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut. It has been reproduced with permission for the benefit of the Minyanville community.‘Tis the season... except in this case we haven’t quite yet entered the Christmas season. However we have entered the best six months of the year for the equity markets. Clearly history demonstrates that the November through April periods have on average shown superior stock market performance to that of the May through October half of the year.As our South African friend Dr. Prieur du Plessis notes “(Since 1950) the ‘good’ six-month period ...

U.S. financial stocks were posting their best performance in a week and a half late Monday, as the bellwether ETF tracking the sector rose more than 3%.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. financial stocks gave back opening gains on Monday morning as shares of North Carolina's BB&T fell, dragging other regional banks lower too after the firm said a large provision for credit losses almost halved its third-quarter profit.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are AutoNation, Becton Dickinson, Walt Disney, First Solar, ITT, MDC, MetLife, Pitney-Bowes and Snap-On.

Investing in AIMCO is a highly contrarian bet, but this particular company has some unique advantages and holds valuable assets all over the country.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by TheFortuneFinancial.com.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by RothmanResearch.com.